EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL TOURS

Villa Escudero

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Delegates to the ACCP Roundtable Meeting will experience the allure of Philippine country life at Villa Escudero Plantations and Resort. A self-contained working coconut plantation,

 

Villa Escudero was founded in the 1880s by Don Placido Escudero and his wife Dona Claudia Marasigan. Originally planted to sugarcane, the crop was converted to coconut by their son Don Arsenio Escudero in the early 1900s. A pioneering agro-industrialist, he built the country’s first working hydroelectric plant to supply his dessicated coconut factory and Villa Escudero, where he and his wife Dona Rosario Adap built in 1929. Their children opened the estate to the public in 1981. From its humble beginnings, the resort has become a prime tourist destination for locals, overseas Filipinos and a wide array of foreign visitors to the country. It has a worldwide reputation as a showcase for the Philippines’ rich cultural heritage, offering a beguiling glimpse of its history, cuisine, dress, customs and natural beauty a mere two hours away from Manila.

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Come experience our Philippine heritage like never before. Walk through our museum which houses one of the country’s largest private collections of world antiquities. Enjoy the Philippine Experience Show and watch the country’s cultural legacy come to life. Paddle a native bamboo raft on still waters of the river. Explore our lush surroundings and see many resident bird species along the way. Or take a dip in our pool and relax.

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